I have a 2001 TJ that I haven't done anything to it's stock, but I've seen the images of the AEV Brute Conversion kit and I was thinkin about doin that to my jeep...anyone have any more information I could get on it or any advice for me at all? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated.

Plan on spending $30,000+ to do the full conversion (and by "do" I mean do it correctly).

A co-worker of mine built himself a Brute. Due to his Jeep business he owned at the time, he was able to buy all the parts at wholesale cost, plus he got a pretty good deal on the skilled labor he farmed out (read: lengthening the frame, cutting/welding and painting the body, etc). He said he spent $30k in the process, and he could not imagine anyone building one for less unless they did all the labor themselves. Not many people have that ability and experience, though.

Plan on spending $30,000+ to do the full conversion (and by "do" I mean do it correctly).

The basic Brute kit is $9000 plus shipping, and you won't want to spend that much money and not get it professionally painted, so figure $2500 for painting, but if you do the rest of the work yourself you could probably be driving a Brute for under $13000 total (plus the value of your Jeep). The price depends a lot on how much you can do yourself vs. how much you have to pay to have done.

This isn't a Brute, but it does use the Brute cab closeout sheet metal. I built this one for a little less than $10,000 (plus the cost of the Jeep).

I did the frame lengthening using pieces of a wrecked LJ frame (I didn't need to use the AEV frame kit because I wasn't mounting a Brute bed on it); the bed components are mostly reproduction sheet metal for a 40's pickup. The hardtop and rear fenders are custom. BTW you could use a Gr8Tops hardtop on a Brute, they're about $1000 less than the AEV Brute hardtop.

I spent about $2300 on the AEV cab closeout sheet metal, about $3500 on professional painting (including painting the hardtop), a little less than $2000 on the bed, a few hundred on the wrecked LJ frame, and the rest on misc. parts and supplies.

I did all the work myself in my garage at home except for the painting and lengthening the driveshaft.

Adding stuff like hiline fenders and suspension upgrades could push the price of a Brute much higher .

The basic Brute kit is $9000 plus shipping, and you won't want to spend that much money and not get it professionally painted, so figure $2500 for painting, but if you do the rest of the work yourself you could probably be driving a Brute for under $13000 total (plus the value of your Jeep). The price depends a lot on how much you can do yourself vs. how much you have to pay to have done.

This isn't a Brute, but it does use the Brute cab closeout sheet metal. I built this one for a little less than $10,000 (plus the cost of the Jeep).

I did the frame lengthening using pieces of a wrecked LJ frame (I didn't need to use the AEV frame kit because I wasn't mounting a Brute bed on it); the bed components are mostly reproduction sheet metal for a 40's pickup. The hardtop and rear fenders are custom. BTW you could use a Gr8Tops hardtop on a Brute, they're about $1000 less than the AEV Brute hardtop.

I spent about $2300 on the AEV cab closeout sheet metal, about $3500 on professional painting (including painting the hardtop), a little less than $2000 on the bed, a few hundred on the wrecked LJ frame, and the rest on misc. parts and supplies.

I did all the work myself in my garage at home except for the painting and lengthening the driveshaft.

Adding stuff like hiline fenders and suspension upgrades could push the price of a Brute much higher .

You're right, they do cost (done RIGHT) about $30K to build BUT, they will hold their value better than most any other Jeep ever built, so far. The JK-8's are "ok" but I personally think the TJ Brute's are a much better looking Jeep and a real pickup not an enclosed Unlimited.